The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18

! Don't gag Rats to DIR. Chastain. lie
WON'T have it, In fact nothing could make
him 50 ''red- headed - BY the way Doc don {
want Scott to hang any more dead rats on his
door knob in order To get items. lie declares
Charley did it.-Democrdf.
We are sorry to see q disposition on
the part of our contemporary ~ treat
, this subject flippantly. 1t was a
serious matter-tO the rat.
II is generally conceded that one of
;,r tr-t jobs of wood granting ever
done ia Chanute, has lately been done
by Mr.. Geo. Baumgardner. at the resi-
dence of Willard Ruff. His immita-
tons are of walnut, oak, cherry aud
birds-eye maple, aud cannot be ex-
celled for perfection. Mr.. Baumgard-
ner is an artist, who may well be proud
of his work.-CHdnute Times.
a bill has been introduced in the
legislature to organize WOOdsOn Green
wood and Butler into a new judicial
district. The county seats Of the new
judicial district would be OH u direct
railroad line. and in that respect al
improvement on the present district.
While some think well of the project
OH that account, all express regret at
the prospect of losing our present Judge.
There are few if any district judges in
the state : more universally popular
than Judge..Stillwell, both with the bar
aud the people. We have not been able
to get particulars, farther than that
such bill has been Introduced Yates
Centre NeWs.
The first meeting of the Neosho Val
ley Principals Association was held in
this city last Saturday. Owing to thebad
weather and other causes, the attend
ance was not SO large as expected. but
q considerable amount of interest was
manifested. Among the subjects dis
records in graded schools written
excuses, ;" and "How to obtain and use
a school library" Probably the best
thing OH the programme was a schOl-
arly paper on the subject "Civics in
school," read by superintendent. +. l..
COwdrick, of Yates Centre. The tenn
porary organization was continued,
and it was decided to hold the next
meeting in Yates Centre Oh the End
Saturday in May. Many of the lead
ing educators of the State have prom
ised to be present and participate.
The impression seems to prevail in
some quarters that the present stock
holders in the Gas and Coal Company
are trying to get the city to take stock
merely that they may unload by sell
Ing their stock to the city. This idea
is entirely erroneous. No member of
the Company expects to sell dollars
worth of his stock to the city. The
city will receive stock which has new
err vet been issued, to the full amount
subscribed, and the money paid for
this stock will all be used in further
prospecting. Not cent OF it will go
into the pockets of the present share
is, the capital of the present company
is exhausted, and unless additional
stock can be sold the work must stop.
The question is, can the city afford to
let it stop now when the promise is so
flattcring.
Prof. Olin's lecture on "FOgiesn at
the Opera House last Friday night
was one of the pleasantest entertain
ments that has been offered lola peo-
pie for Il long time. AS literary pro-
duction it was certainly Of a high Or
der, being smoothly written, with a
wealth of happy illustration and a
judicious mixture of wit, pathOs and
God sense. We are constantly sur
prised that larger number of our peo-
pie do not attend these home lectures.
The admission charged is but trifie
compared with the entertainment
furnished. Mr.. Hyatt's lecture on
at Home and Abroad"
was one that would have been received
with delight by the most cultured au-
dience of any city, and Prof. Olin's
met with the warmest reception fro m
a crowded house in Ottawa where it
was delivered week before last. Surely
our Opera House would be crowded if
We properly appreciated our privileges.
The next lecture of the course will be
delivered the latter part Of March by
Mr.Jes>e Shinn, theCOurt Stenographer,
and We hope to see the Opera House
filled, as a deserved compliment to a
bright and ambitious young man, il for
no other reason. And We can assure |
those who go from sense of courtesy,
that they will neither regret their time
nor their money.